WND EXCLUSIVE

ABC, CBS, NBC join CNN in censoring Trump ad

'This should concern every freedom-loving citizen'

Bob Unruh joined WND in 2006 after nearly three decades with the Associated Press, as well as several Upper Midwest newspapers, where he covered everything from legislative battles and sports to tornadoes and homicidal survivalists. He is also a photographer whose scenic work has been used commercially.

The Donald Trump campaign Friday announced that ABC, CBS and NBC has joined CNN in a campaign to censor its 100-day ad, “setting a chilling precedent against free speech rights.”

Lara Trump, the wife of Eric Trump and daughter-in-law of President Trump, a consultant for the campaign Donald J. Trump for President Inc., said: “Apparently, the mainstream media are champions of the First Amendment only when it serves their own political views. Faced with an ad that doesn’t fit their biased narrative, CNN, ABC, CBS, and NBC have now all chosen to block our ad. This is an unprecedented act of censorship in America that should concern every freedom-loving citizen.”

WND reported earlier this month when CNN launched the censor-Trump effort. At that time, campaign Executive Director Michael Glassner said in a statement the action by CNN “is censorship pure and simple.”

“By rejecting our ad, CNN has proven that it supports censorship, is biased and fears an opposing point of view,” he charged.

The Trump re-election campaign launched the $1.5 million ad in response to claims in the media that he’s been slow to accomplish his goals. However, while the GOP holds the majorities in both houses of Congress, many Republicans openly opposed Trump’s campaign and some still refuse to support him.

Lara Trump’s statement said the networks “one-by-one” have blocked the ad.

“It’s a great ad and it highlights all the wonderful things that have happened. … It’s really disappointing … this is supposed to be a free society. We have freedom of speech. The fact that this ad is not being shown on CNN, on NBC, on CBS, on news networks who have a duty to report to the public the facts…is really, really ridiculous to me. It’s really sad,” she told the Fox News Channel’s Sean Hannity.

It addresses safety and security, accountability, prosperity and more.

For example, it points out Trump has worked with Congress to sign into law 28 bills in 100 days. President Obama signed 11 and George W. Bush only seven during in their first 100 days.

The page notes unemployment is at a 10-year low, exports reached a two-year high and Pew Research reports “Americans currently hold the most positive assessment of the United States Economy since 2007.”

“The Dow Jones Industrial Average is up over 12 percent since Election Day 2016.”

Trumps also implemented tough ethical standards, is “keeping his promise to the American people to reform the government to better address the needs of the American people” and instituted a hiring freeze on federal employees.